IL-12 down-regulates autoantibody production in mercury-induced autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1612-1617

  Bagenstose, Lee M ^a   Salgame, Padmini ^a   Monestier, Marc ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL NUCLEOLUS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032519702     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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